Episode #79: Happy Birthday, Clark Kent!

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Clark Kent's birthday is accepted as June 18, according to http://supermanhomepage.com . How could Clark Kent and Superman have different birthdays if they are the same person? June 18 is the day Kal-El's rocket landed on Earth.

Stories featured in this episode are:

SUPERMAN, CHAMPION OF THE OPPRESSED (originally untitled), in SUPERMAN #1, 1939. This story was reprinted in SUPERMAN FROM THE THIRTIES TO THE SEVENTIES, SUPERMAN ARCHIVES vol. I, SUPERMAN: THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD vol. I and SUPERMAN CHRONICLES vol. I.

THAT OLD CLASS OF SUPERBOY'S in SUPERMAN #46, May/June 1947. No reprint information was available.

THE ORIGIN OF SUPERMAN, in SUPERMAN #53, July/August 1948. It is reprinted in the trade paperbacks: SUPERMAN IN THE FORTIES and THE GREATEST SUPERMAN STORIES EVER TOLD.

JOR-EL'S LAST WILL, in WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #69, March/April 1954. No reprint information was available.

THE KEY TO FORT SUPERMAN, in ACTION COMICS #241, June 1958. This story is reprinted in THE GREATEST SUPERMAN STORIES EVER TOLD, SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF TOMORROW vol. I and SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN vol. I.

HOW PERRY WHITE HIRED CLARK KENT, in SUPERMAN #133, November 1958. It is reprinted in SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN vol. I.

THE GIRL FROM SUPERMAN'S PAST, in SUPERMAN #129, May 1959. It is reprinted in THE GREATEST SUPERMAN STORIES EVER TOLD, SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF TOMORROW, vol. I and SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN vol. I.

CLARK KENT'S COLLEGE DAYS, in SUPERMAN #125, November 1958. It was reprinted in THE GREATEST SUPERMAN STORIES EVER TOLD, SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF TOMORROW ARCHIVE vol. I and SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN vol I.

THE ORIGIN OF SUPERMAN in SUPERMAN #146, July 1961 (not a reprint of the story by the same name in SUPERMAN #53). This story is reprinted in SUPERMAN IN THE SIXTIES and SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN vol. III.

THE MAN WHO BETRAYED SUPERMAN, in ACTION COMICS #297, February 1963. It is reprinted in SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN vol. IV. 

SUPERMAN TAKES A WIFE, in ACTION COMICS #484, June 1978. This story is reprinted in SUPERMAN IN THE SEVENTIES.

EDITOR OF THE STAR, in SUPERMAN FAMILY #196, July/August 1979. There is no reprint information about this story.

FROM OUT THE GREEN DAWN, in MAN OF STEEL #1, 1986. It is reprinted in MAN OF STEEL, SUPERMAN: THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD vol. I and SUPERMAN: THE WORLD OF KRYPTON.

MR. KENT GOES TO METROPOLIS, in WORLD OF METROPOLIS #3, October 1988. There is no reprint information available.

SUPERMAN: THE WEDDING ALBUM, December 1996. This story is reprinted in SUPERMAN: THE WEDDING AND BEYOND.

SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT, September 2003 - September 2004 is reprinted in the paperback and hardcover of the same name.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE MAN OF TOMORROW (part I), in SUPERMAN #423, September 1986. This story is reprinted in SUPERMAN: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE MAN OF TOMORROW and DC UNIVERSE: THE STORIES OF ALAN MOORE.
THE LAST DAYS OF MA AND PA KENT, in SUPERMAN #161, May, 1963. It is reprinted in SUPERMAN IN THE SIXTIES and SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN vol. IV.

SUPERMAN BREAKS LOOSE, in SUPERMAN #233, January 1971. This story is reprinted in SUPERMAN FROM THE THIRTIES TO THE SEVENTIES, SUPERMAN IN THE SEVENTIES, SUPERMAN: THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD vol. II and SUPERMAN: KRYPTONITE NEVERMORE.

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